1 Kings 13:33

³¹ After he had buried him, the prophet said to his sons, “When I die, you must bury me in the tomb where the man of God is buried. Lay my bones beside his bones,

³² for the message that he cried out by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel and against all the shrines on the high places in the cities of Samaria will surely come to pass.”

Even after these events, Jeroboam did not repent of his evil ways, but again he appointed priests for the high places from every class of people. He ordained anyone who desired to be a priest of the high places.

³⁴ And this was the sin of the house of Jeroboam that led to its extermination and destruction from the face of the earth.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Even after these events, Jeroboam did not repent of his evil ways, but again he appointed priests for the high places from every class of people. He ordained anyone who desired to be a priest of the high places.
KJV: After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.
WEB: After this thing, Jeroboam didn’t turn from his evil way, but again made priests of the high places from among all the people. Whoever wanted to, he consecrated him, that there might be priests of the high places.
ASV: After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again from among all the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, that there might be priests of the high places.
DARBY: After this thing Jeroboam turned not from his evil way, but made again from all classes of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became [one] of the priests of the high places.
BLB: After this matter, Jeroboam did not turn from his evil way, and he turned back and made from the ends of the people priests for the high places. The desiring one would fill his hand and he would become one of the priests of the high places.

ÅB: Men heller ikke etter dette vendte Jeroboam om fra sin onde vei, men ble ved å gjøre hvem han ville av folket til prester ved offerhaugene; han fylte[^3] alle deres hender som hadde lyst dertil, så de ble prester ved haugene.
OTB: Etter denne hendelsen vendte ikke Jeroboam bort fra sin onde vei, men han gjorde igjen prester av de høye stedene blant alle folket; enhver som ønsket, ordinerte han, så de ble prester av de høye stedene.
B1930: Men heller ikke efter dette vendte Jeroboam om fra sin onde vei, men blev ved å gjøre hvem han vilde av folket til prester ved offerhaugene; han fylte alle deres hender som hadde lyst dertil, så de blev prester ved haugene. / < 2MO 28, 41.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

2 Chronicles 11:15
And Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat demons and calf idols he had made.
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2 Chronicles 13:9
But did you not drive out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites? And did you not make priests for yourselves as do the peoples of other lands? Now whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams can become a priest of things that are not gods.
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Numbers 3:10
So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons to carry out the duties of the priesthood; but any outsider who approaches the tabernacle must be put to death.”
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Numbers 17:5
The staff belonging to the man I choose will sprout, and I will rid Myself of the constant grumbling of the Israelites against you.”
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1 Kings 12:31–33
Jeroboam also built shrines on the high places and appointed from every class of people priests who were not Levites.
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Amos 6:11
For the LORD gives a command: “The great house will be smashed to pieces, and the small house to rubble.”
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2 Timothy 3:13
while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
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Numbers 17:12–13
Then the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we are perishing! We are lost; we are all lost!
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